DHS chief Mayorkas questioned on reports of 'mass amnesty' for asylum seekers
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Sen. Kevin Cramer is taking Mayorkas and Garland to task over a report that hundreds of thousands of migrants are receiving "mass amnesty" by having their asylum cases closed.
Julia Johnson is a politics writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business, leading coverage of the U.S. Senate. She was previously a politics reporter at the Washington Examiner.
Over 350,000 asylum cases since 2022 were closed by the administration if the migrants involved did not have a recorded criminal history, per data from a report by Syracuse University’s Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC), a nonpartisan data gathering organization that tracks immigration cases and backlogs. Follow Julia's reporting on X at @JuliaaJohnson_ and send tips to Julia.Johnson@fox.com.
The New York Post reported the "mass amnesty" move earlier this month.